The new Crazy Gang: Newcastle could build a team around Kebab, Amamobi, Ben Arfra, Ben Afri, Goltierez and Sissy, under Kinnear (who has replaced Lambayzee)

Joe Kinnear's appointment as Newcastle's director of football could be the first of many changes at St James' Park this summer if the veteran's knowledge of the first-team squad is anything to go by.

If a coach's grasp of his players' names can be used as a reliable gauge of their value to him then there are several big-name stars that could be on their way.

Kinnear was discussing an array of Newcastle's players when speaking to talkSPORT and was seemingly entirely unaware that he was mispronouncing their names - Yohan Cabaye, who he called 'Yohan Kebab', included.

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Tactical genius? Joe Kinnear may need to learn the identity of his players first

The Irishman then listed 'Sissy' instead of Papiss Cisse,'Lambayzee' as opposed to Derek Llambias, 'Ben Afri' as a second pronunciation for Ben Arfa and then 'Amamobi' and 'Goltierrez' for Shola Ameobi and Jonas Guttierrez respectively. He also appears to believe that Sammy Ameobi is Shola's son, not brother, given he referred to him as 'his little kid', with Sammy taking to Twitter to post 'wow at least get my name right'.

Judging by Kinnear's memory, however, players who may have upset him before could get a second chance. He was adamant he had signed Tim Krul and James Perch for the club, despite the fact the Dutchman arrived in 2005 and the latter in 2010 and that Kinnear's previous involvement at Newcastle being limited to four months in the 2008/2009 season.

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Kinnear then risked alienating the Newcastle fans further by claiming to have 'more intelligence than them'.

When asked by talkSPORT what he would say to them, he said: 'To all the fans who don't agree with this decision, shall I bring (Derek) Llambias (managing director) back in?. What do you want? What do they want?

'I heard a silly comment of "what can I attract?" I can open the door to any manager in the world, anyone, that's the difference. I've spent my whole life talking to Alex Ferguson, week in, week out, what would you do?

'I can pick the phone up at any time of the day and speak to Arsene Wenger, any manager in the league. In all the divisions.

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'I don't know what angle they've got, if they want to sit down and argue with me... Some are talking out of their backsides, a load of tosh. I'm not accepting it, as simple as that. I have certainly got more intelligence than them, that's a fact.'

While his time in the dugout was ended by a heart attack, results on the field contributed to the club's relegation from the Premier League.

Under pressure? At least Alan Pardew knows his players' names

He went on to defend his record as a manager, adding: 'I look at my record and they keep saying to me "what did I do?". Where have these people been, on another planet? I've been manager of the year three times, travelled the world as a manager.

'This job came up, a responsible job. Already they're jumping on the bandwagon, "watch out Pards" (United manager Alan Pardew) but that's the snidey press around that area that have a grudge. I expect it, it's water off a duck's a***.'

Kinnear, who made his name as a manager at Wimbledon as part of the 'Crazy Gang', went on to underline that he does not see his presence as a threat to Pardew.